Positivity: Positivity in the Everyday
Some days the most positive thing is having the day before you.
We all have days when we wake up from a poor night’s sleep, or we have that thing on our mind, or we have residual issues from the day before we know we cannot simply leave behind. That does not negate the positivity of simply being alive.
I believe that we all frequently overlook the positivity in the simplest things in life. Things we just take for granted as simply being, but that are in truth full to bursting with positivity.
I woke up this morning. Might have been tired, still, perhaps a little groggy from allergies, maybe a bit sore from yesterday’s activities. I am here. I have a day full of potential ahead of me, and that is immensely positive.
I sat down for a bit and read a couple chapters from a book. I can read and enjoy works of fiction, and that is hugely positive. I have an e reader and books to choose from to do this with. Again, more small things about which to be positive.
Here I sit before my keyboard typing out my weekly blog post. I get to choose and share positivity with you, and THAT is hugely positive. I get to explore with you ways to feel good about my day, about life, about what lies ahead and all sorts of options before me.
To many this is probably going to seem like a stretch. You may think that I am scrambling for a topic and thus tossing this simplicity at you this week. But this is much deeper and more crucial to recognize than we usually credit it.
Every single day I choose how I want to approach my life. Do I want to follow along with the masses who see the world as a burnt up husk of fear and terror and disaster? Or would I rather see how good it is to be here, in this time of instantaneous communication, a world of huge potential and endless possibility, a world of love and peace and renewal?
I believe that this small shift in thinking, in seeing positivity in the littlest things every single day can further shift the big things. The universe itself began as a microscopic spark that exploded into the infinite vastness of the cosmos we know surrounds us. We are all creators, and we have so very much more power than we take for ourselves. Seeing the positivity in the little things of the everyday can only help us build positivity in the bigger things, and from there the possibilities are virtually endless.
Positivity in the everyday. Positivity as our approach to this life. I know that I would rather feel good and hopeful than bad and hopeless, wouldn’t you?
Finding positivity is not hard, it just requires action. Knowing that every little thought we have about the most mundane matters of the everyday can be redirected by each and every one of us, we have an important choice we frequently neglect. When we look for and see the positivity in the simplest things in our everyday lives, this leads to creating positivity in the bigger things and with the creation of more positivity we empower ourselves. When we feel empowered, we often spread that feeling to others around us, and as such can build more positive feelings. We can use the positive feelings this generates to dissolve negative feelings. When we take away negative feelings, we open up space to let in positive feelings, and that is something we can be grateful for. Gratitude leads to happiness. Happiness is the ultimate positive attitude. Positive attitude begets positive energy, and that is always a good thing.
This is the one hundred seventeenth entry of my Positivity series. It is my hope these weekly messages might help spread positive energies for everyone. Feel free to share, re-blog and spread the positivity.
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